William Gardner charged with felonies

Zach pointed out that there would be a press conference today by the Milwaukee County DA and the GAB. This morning they released the reason for the press conference.

Railroad executive William E. Gardner has been charged with two felony counts of violating campaign finance laws for reimbursing his employees for making donations [...]

Compromise on the National Stage

So what do we think about the compromise on the federal budget?

Some have conjectured that the Tea Party’s angle was to intentionally force a shut down, to show the American people that we can get by just fine without a Big Fancy Government – indeed, that it would “barely be noticed.”

On the contrary, [...]

Government Shutdown: You May Thank The Tea Party

From the people who brought you protest signs full of misspelled and violent rhetoric, a House infested with brainiacs like Michelle Bachmann, and the return of “white pride”, comes the GOVERMENT SHUTDOWN! Yay!

John Boehner finds himself between Barack and a ‘tard place on this issue particularly. As much as the Tea Party shrilly declares [...]

THANK YOU

Today I sent a “Thank You” letter to Governor Walker. I would advise you to do the same. Here is what I sent:

Dear Governor Walker,

Thank you! Thank you for over reaching so far that you started a new progressive movement. Thank you for spending the time trying to please the Koch [...]

One Day Longer

One Day longer, tomorrow we send the message that Wisconsin is NOT for sale. The people’s voice IS stronger.

Whoops…James Lazear supports Jeff Stone:

I was trying to relax this evening, steeling myself for the return to the work week tomorrow morning, by reading the Crossroads section of today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. There are four interesting support pieces related to Tuesday’s elections…support for AAG Kloppenburg, Judge Prosser, Chris Abele and Rep. Jeff Stone. The Rep. Stone piece was written [...]

Why Public Education is more important than Wall St.

But don’t tell Paul Ryan (R-Wall St.). This little gem from Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich:

He should be Treasury Secretary!

jobs jobs jobs jobs jobs jobs ……tax cuts tax cuts tax cuts tax cuts….

The republicans had major gains in the last election because unemployment was WAY too high( i know there were numerous reasons, but I would say the TOP one was unemployment). Everyone’s favorite orange guy, ran a campaign on Mr. president where are the jobs?. Echoed by Rep. Judy Biggert (R-IL):

Running on a [...]

Has Sean Duffy ever been in the Real World?

There is nothing I can say that will add to this, so I will let freshman Representative Sean Duffy and one of his constituents do all of the talking. From Wispolitics:

Duffy’s exchange with a constituent at his townhall meeting in Amery Wisconsin follows:

Constituent: I’m a builder. I haven’t been building too many [...]

Recall

A new ad was launched today to help keep up the momentum of the recall movement(as if it needed it) and it is a powerful one.

“As a Republican my entire life I am appalled at what Scott Walker and the Republicans did,” says a corrections officer in the ad. “This hurts my [...]